Pohatcong Police arrest 18-year-old woman wanted for murder in New York

POHATCONG — An 18-year-old woman who is wanted out of New York for murder was arrested at the Walmart here on March 30, police said.

According to police:

Police were called to Sears in Lopatcong Township for a report of a woman using counterfeit $100 bills. A description of the suspect vehicle was given along with license plate information. Police found the vehicle driving east on Route 22 and stopped the vehicle at Walmart.

Through a joint investigation with Pohatcong, Lopatcong and Greenwich police departments, police determined that counterfeit $100 bills were used at Sears in Lopatcong and the recently opened Chick-fil-A in Pohatcong. All four occupants of the vehicle were arrested.

The 18-year-old woman, whose name is not being released because she was a minor at the time the murder warrant was issued, is also being charged by Pohatcong Police with forgery, presenting a forged document, theft of moveable property, theft by deception, obstructing justice, hindering apprehension, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance.

She was taken to the Warren County jail with bail set at $40,000.

Nolan R. Lopez, 23, of Jackson Heights, N.Y., was charged with conspiracy, obstructing justice, hindering apprehension and being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance. He was taken to the Warren County jail with bail set at $25,000. He was also charged with conspiracy in Lopatcong with bail set at $25,000 on the charge in Lopatcong.

Sandy Bohorquez, 20, of East Elmhurst, N.Y., was charged with forgery, presenting a forged document and theft by deception in Lopatcong Township. She was also charged with being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance. Bohorquez was taken to the Warren County jail with bail set at $40,000.

Diego Ocampo, 23, of East Elmhurst, N.Y., was charged with two counts of obstructing justice, two counts of hindering apprehension and being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance. He was released pending a court date.

The incident remains under investigation and additional the possibility of additional charges for the counterfeit money.